Elderly man killed at Mercy Hospital was a 'gentle, private man'

Matthew Healy was a retired farmer from Berrings who had recently been widowed

Matthew Healy (pictured) was described as a gentleman by Fianna Fáil councillor Michael Looney.

Two investigations are under way today into how an elderly man was killed in a hospital ward in Cork City on Sunday morning.

Matthew Healy, 89, from Berrings, Co Cork, died in the incident in a six-bed ward in the Mercy University Hospital at around 5.30am yesterday morning. It is understood he suffered head injuries after being assaulted with a walking frame.